Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 188

"Okay, I get it now," I say. "I do, but what does this have to do with the plan?"

He looks like he wants to pull his hair out. "Listen. To. Me." He points wildly at Onai and Ethel's name. 'You can't ask them shit because the brothers will know immediately. They're too close.' He points towards the short distance between their names. 'You have to ask someone who's a complete third party. Someone you simultaneously trust but whose mind isn't probed daily. Someone over here.' He gestures towards the large expanse of white space all around the words 'The Silvermoon Pack.'

I let the idea simmer for a moment. It makes sense, but... 'So my informant has to be someone the brothers don't really know, but who has enough social standing to know the answers to my questions in the first place?' I ask.

"Exactly," he says. 'Depending on what your questions are of course. If you think they're ones that anyone in the pack could answer, then it doesn't really matter does it?'

'It does,' I type. 'Half the pack wants me dead.'

"Good," he chuckles.

I raise an eyebrow.

He points at Mr. Reynolds' nickname. 'You saw it yourself with him. It's people who hate you, people like him, who'll tell you the truth.' He draws a box around the old man's name. Then he hesitates before drawing a box around Suzie's. 'Maybe her too.'

I give him a look. How. Dare. He.

"Hey," he puts his hands up in defense. 'She's supposed to be the key advisor. I'm just saying to let her advise you.'

My soul rebukes those words. Maybe I didn't make it clear enough why I hate her? All the legitimate reasons I have to hate her? I mean, Isn't he supposed to be on my side? Some brother.

He keeps typing. 'Hear me out. You said you have to win her favor back for the good of the pack? Well maybe asking her this'll show her that you trust her now. Kill two birds with one stone.'

'Well I don't trust her,' I text. 'And if I asked for her help, she'd just use it against me with Carson. Then the brothers would know everything anyway and it would've all been pointless.''

"Well..." He looks at me. 'Do you know if the old man's still alive?'

'No.' I frown. 'And even if I he was, I couldn't be sure he wouldn't try to kill me. So he's out of the question.'